by LSI Marzano Center | Nov 19, 2018 | Instructional Strategies, Marzano Essentials for Achieving Rigor, Student Engagement
The relationships you build with students will impact their performance. The six pictures activity can help you get to know them while increasing student engagement and enhancing your instruction. This versatile strategy helps students: Consider multiple aspects of...
by LSI Marzano Center | Nov 2, 2018 | Instructional Strategies, Marzano Essentials for Achieving Rigor, Student Engagement
Just like a computer or office, the brain needs to organize information in a way that makes it easily accessible while enabling further growth. For example, if you can’t classify and find information related to the solar system, how are you supposed to understand...
by LSI Marzano Center | Oct 31, 2018 | Instructional Strategies, Marzano Essentials for Achieving Rigor, Student Engagement
By Shannon Pretorius ”We don’t have enough time to teach everything!” It’s a common complaint, and I don’t think a single teacher would disagree with it. Let’s take a look at areas we may be able to adjust so we can teach more efficiently and utilize each and every...
by LSI Marzano Center | Oct 14, 2018 | Education Reform, Instructional Strategies, School Improvement, Student Engagement
You know the drill: identify critical content, deliver it to students, and then give them homework to deepen their knowledge of the new material. This works, but do you ever get the urge to shake things up a little? Would your students benefit from a change to the...
by LSI Marzano Center | Oct 12, 2018 | Instructional Strategies, Marzano Evaluation Model, School Improvement, Student Engagement
When Dr. Ilene Winokur was young, people often told her she’d make a great teacher. She wasn’t quite sure why they said that – perhaps it was her ability to relate to all types of people or her infinite patience – but she respected the teaching profession so deeply...
by LSI Marzano Center | Oct 12, 2018 | Art Education, Instructional Strategies, Marzano Evaluation Model, Music Instruction, Student Engagement, Teacher Evaluation
Bak Middle School of the Arts, a public magnet school in West Palm Beach, Florida, is every creative kid’s dream school. Not only can students “major” in a wide array of art concentrations, but Bak’s reputation for academic excellence further increases its standing as...
